The worst V1 attack on South London. The rocket struck the busy street market at 09.41 on a Friday morning. Numbers reported vary, but about 52 people were killed and 124 very seriously injured. The force of the blast destroyed shops on both sides of the High Street.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Lewisham V1 rocket attack
Plaque unveiled by Heidi Alexander, M.P. for Lewisham East, and Councillor Al...
This brass plaque on the pavement had become badly worn and a new one was ere...
A V1 bomb fell on Granville Road early on a Sunday morning. 15 people were killed and 25 seriously injured. Twelve houses were destroyed and 100 others damaged. Holy Trinity church was badly damag...
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 24. Buried in grave 4 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Steve Constantine Collins was born on 2 May 1963 in Hackney and died, aged 17 years, on 18 January 1981 in a fire at party being held at ...
killed on 17th April 1941 whilst sheltering in the cellars of Walklings Bakery.  The building, which stood on the corner of The Cut and Greet Street, suffered a direct hit killing all 54 people.
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